Please join us in the Buddhacetiya Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara for Sunday Puja and a Dhamma talk by Luang Por Sophon on 29 March, followed by the meritorious offering of meal dana to Luang Por and Ven. Ajahn Teh.

Programme

9:00 am - Puja

9:15 am - Dhamma Sharing in Thai (translation into English by Ven. Ajahn Teh)

10:45 am - Offering of Lunch Dana & Requisites

Kindly bring your cooked food, fruits or desserts to LG floor 30 minutes before the designated mealtime. For details on the meal dana, please contact Sis ST at +6012-331 3171.
Biography

Luang Por Sophon is currently the Abbot of Wat Bueng Latthiwan in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Known for his serene presence, Luang Por is 81 years old with 58 vassas. Luang Por went forth into monastic life out of gratitude to his late parents. He travelled and lived in Wat Nong Pah Pong with Luang Por Chah before Luang Por Chah sent him to set up Wat Bueng Latthiwan, which is the 20th branch monastery of Wat Nong Pah Pong. As a monastic trained in the Luang Por Chah tradition, Luang Por Sophon emphasizes cultivating virtue and focusing on the practical application of the Dhamma.

Please join us in the Buddhacetiya Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara for Sunday Puja and a Dhamma talk by Ven. Ajahn Cagino on 15 March, followed by the meritorious offering of meal dana to Venerable Ajahn.

Programme

9:00 am - Puja

9:15 am - Dhamma Sharing

10:00 am - Meal Dana

Kindly bring your cooked food, fruits or desserts to LG floor 30 minutes before the designated mealtime. For details on the meal dana, please contact Sis ST at +6012-331 3171.

Biography

Ven. Ajahn Cagino is a Malaysian-born monk. He was once an internationally acclaimed professional photographer before dedicating his life to the spiritual path. He received his full bhikkhu ordination in 1996. To deepen his practice, he re-ordained at Wat Pah Nanachat in the Ajahn Chah lineage in 2001. 

Ven. Ajahn undertook a 4,000-kilometre tudong – a solitary walking pilgrimage – in the rugged wilderness of North and Northeast Thailand, to document the daily lives and quiet dignity of forest monks. In 2010, he founded the Dhammagiri Foundation in Mae Hong Son in northern Thailand, a Buddhist children's home that provides Dhamma education for hill tribe children. In 2014, he established Wat Hongson Wanaram, which is officially recognized as the 302nd branch monastery of Wat Nong Pah Pong (an Ajahn Chah monastery).

Please join us in the Buddhacetiya Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara for Sunday Puja and a Dhamma talk by Ven. Ajahn Mettiko on 1 March 2026. This will be followed by a Lion Dance performance and the meritorious offering of meal dana to Venerable Ajahn.

Programme

9:00 am - Puja

9:15 am - Dhamma Sharing

10:30 am - Lion Dance

11:00 am - Lunch Dana

Kindly bring your cooked food, fruits or desserts to LG floor 30 minutes before the designated mealtime. For details on the meal dana, please contact Sis. ST at +6012-331 3171.

Please join us in the Buddhacetiya Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara, for Sunday Puja and Dhamma Talk by Ven. Ajahn Cattamalo on 25 January 2026 (Sunday).

For more information on dana, please refer to our meal Dana announcement.

Biography

Ven. Ajahn Cattamalo is the Abbot and a founding monastic of Muttodaya Forest Monastery in Germany. Originally from Germany, he was ordained in 1988 at Wat Nong Pa Pong in Thailand under the lineage of the late Ven. Ajahn Chah. After spending seven years practising with various forest masters in Thailand, he moved to Australia, where he served for 13 years at Bodhinyana Monastery in Perth, including five years as the Deputy Abbot alongside Ajahn Brahmavamso. In 2008, he returned to his home country to establish Muttodaya, where he continues to lead the community and share the profound teachings of the Buddha in the Thai Forest Tradition.

On Friday, 16 January 2026, we invite you for a day of practice. There will be a Meal Dana at 10:00 AM to Ven. Ajahn Martin and Ven. Richard. 

In the evening, Ven. Ajahn will give a Dhamma talk starting at 8:00 PM.

If you are offering food, please arrive 30 minutes before mealtime, and are encouraged to stay for self-practice in UBV until the evening Dhamma talk at 8 PM. 

For further information, please contact Sis ST at 012-331 3171.

Biography:

Ven. Ajahn Martin is a highly respected senior monk and the current Abbot of Wat Phu Khong Tong in Thailand. Born in Germany in 1957, he was a computer engineer before ordaining in 1995 under the legendary Luang Ta Mahā Bua at Wat Pa Baan Taad. A dedicated practitioner of the Thai Forest Tradition, he spent over 20 years living in the jungles of Thailand, often meditating for 14 hours a day and undertaking annual tudong (forest wandering) for months at a time. Following the passing of Ajahn Paññavaddho in 2004, he took on the vital responsibility of instructing international visitors in Dhamma and meditation, becoming the primary teacher for foreign practitioners at Wat Pa Baan Taad for many years before moving to his current monastery.

We are pleased to offer the following Meal Dana opportunity to Ven. Nipako:

• 7 January: 9:00 am – Meal Dana

Kindly bring your cooked food, desserts, and fruits at least 20 minutes before the designated mealtime. For further information, please contact Sis ST at 012-331 3171.

Please join us in the Buddhacetiya Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara, for Sunday Puja and Dhamma Talk on 21 December 2025 (Sunday)

Time:

  9.00 am - Puja

  9.15 am - Dhamma Sharing

10.30 am - Lunch Dana

Kindly bring your cooked food, fruits or desserts to LG floor 30 minutes before the designated mealtime.  For details, please contact Sis. ST: 012-331 3171

Biography:

Ven. Ajahn Kusalo is a distinguished senior monk in the Thai Forest Tradition. A native of New Zealand, Ajahn Kusalo took full ordination in 1992 under the guidance of Luang Por Sumedho. He has a wealth of experience, having spent six years training at Amaravati Monastery in the UK, and eight years in Canada, where he played a central role in establishing Tisarana Buddhist Monastery near Ottawa.

Ajahn Kusalo returned to his home country to serve as the Abbot of Bodhinyanarama Monastery in Wellington for over a decade, guiding the monastic community until he retired from that role in 2024. He is known for his deeply practical approach to the Dhamma, emphasizing mindfulness and meditation in everyday life.

Members and friends are encouraged to offer Meal Dana to Luang Por Sophon Opaso.

Date: 23 Sept 2025 (Tuesday)

Time: 10 AM 

Please bring your cooked food, fruits or desserts 20 minutes before the designated meal time. 

For additional info on Dana, please contact Sis ST at 012-331 3171. 

Biodata:

Luang Por Sophon (57 vassa), 80 years old, is currently the Abbot of Wat Bueng Latthiwan, Ayutthaya, Thailand. Luang Por was ordained as a monk to express gratitude to his parents, who have passed on. He travelled and lived in Wat Nong Pah Pong with Luang Por Chah before Luang Por Chah sent him to set up Wat Bueng Latthiwan, which is the 20th branch monastery of Wat Nong Pah Pong.

Members and friends are encouraged to offer Meal Dana for Luang Por Mahayanno & 5 Bhikkhu Sangha.

Date: 10 Sep 2025 (Wed)

Breakfast Dana: 7 AM

Lunch Dana: 10 AM

Please bring your cooked food, fruits and desserts, 20 minutes before the designated meal time.

For additional info on Dana, please contact Sis. Emily at 012-339 9238.

There is one more Meal Dana opportunity on 15 May (Thursday), at 9 AM before the visiting monastics leave Uttama Bodhi Vihara.
Do come and see them off if you are available to meet with Luang Por before they return to Ubon, Thailand.

Date: 15 May 2025 (Thu)

Time: 9 AM

Please bring your cooked food, dessert, and fruits 15 minutes before the designated mealtime.

For further info, please contact Sis. ST 012-331 3171

We are pleased to inform you that Ven. Ajahn Martin Piyadhammo will be visiting BUBS on May 7, 2025 (Wednesday). Members and friends are encouraged to join us as follows:

Dhamma Sharing @ 9.30 am 

Meal Dana @ 10.30 am 

Please bring your food 30 minutes before the designated meal time. 

For additional info on the Dana, please contact Sis ST: 012-331 3171

Biodata:

Ven. Ajahn Martin was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1957. He studied electrical engineering and went to the USA to extend his studies in computer engineering with a Fulbright scholarship. He discovered meditation at the end of the 1980s and started living in various Theravada monasteries in England and Germany.

He arrived at Wat Pa Baan Taad under Luang Ta Mahā Bua, Thailand, and was ordained as a Buddhist monk in December 1995 in the forest monastery. Ajahn Martin went on tudong for 2-5 months each year and meditated 14 hours every day. He stayed at Wat Pa Baan Taad for many years and in the jungles of Thailand for over 20 years in the Thai Forest Tradition. 

In 2004, Ven. Ajahn Paññavaddho, who was responsible for instructing Western/ foreign lay visitors at Wat Pa Baan Taad, passed away. The teaching responsibility of lay visitors was then shared between Ven Ajahn Dick and Ven. Ajahn Martin. After Ven. Ajahn Dick left the monastery in 2007, Ven. Ajahn Martin carried the sole responsibility of teaching lay visitors the Dhamma and meditation. 

He is currently the Abbot of Wat Phu Khong Tong in Nong Bua Lam Phu province.

Please join us in the Buddhacetiya Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara, for Sunday Puja and Dhamma Sharing by Bro. Tan Buck Soon.

Time:

  9.00 am - Puja

  9.25 am - Dhamma sharing on “Supporting, Nurturing, and Growing in the Dhamma”

10.15 am - Q&A

10.30 am - End

For details, please contact Bro Chee Wat at 016-313 3628.